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Two Brothers: One North, One South

http://davidhjones.net/blog/

The author's blog for discussion of his book "Two Brothers: One North, One South. The story, navigated by Walt Whitman and based on real people and events, follows the Prentiss brothers who served on opposite sides during the Civil War. The reader is taken seamlessly from Baltimore before the war, to many battlefields, and to Richmond, where Hetty Cary is the reigning belle.

• Added on: Apr 24th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: David H. Jones
• Listed in: History Military
• Tags: Virginia maryland historical fiction civil war walt whitman american civil war

Recent Posts

• 2009 Blue & Gray Reenactment at Moorpark

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 12:03 in two brothers one north one south, moorpark reenactment

  We will be at the 2009 Blue & Gray Reenactment of Moorpark this weekend and will enjoy seeing many friends in the California Civil War community. This is the largest Civil War event west of the Mississippi and just seems to get bigger and bette...

• The First Civil War Sesquicentennial Event

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 13:07 in west virginia, john brown, harpers ferry, sesquicentennial

  October marks the beginning of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial. A century and a half ago on October 16, 1859, John Brown raided the town of Harpers Ferry and the Federal Arsenal at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers. Local m...

• Captain William Henry Murray, 2nd Maryland Battalion

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 16:46 in baltimore, maryland, add new tag, grave sites, david h. jones, two brothers one north one south, william h. murray, cs maryland battalion

  While visiting Confederate Hill at Louden Park Cemetery near Baltimore last year, we admired the fine monument that the men of Captain William H. Murray’s company erected to his memory in 1874.  His death leading an ill-fated charge on Culp&#...

• More Ghostly Activity at the Exchange Hotel

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 00:26 in Virginia, exchange hotel, spiritsearch investigations

  I received an e-mail from Mark C. Higgins of Spiritsearch Investigations about additional ghostly activity at the Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville, Virginia which served as a Confederate Receiving Hospital during the Civil War. Mark took this photogr...

• Author’s Bookshop at the Baltimore Book Festival

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 01:04 in baltimore, maryland, two brothers one north one south, baltimore book festival, author's book shop, brad grochowski

  We enjoyed doing two book signing events at the Author’s Bookshop booth at the Baltimore Book Festival this past weekend.  The photo above shows me enjoying a stimulating conversation with Brad Grochowski, proprietor of AuthorsBookShop.Com, an...

• The Baltimore Book Festival 2009

  Posted on Sunday September 20th, 2009 at 17:52 in baltimore, book festival, david h. jones, two brothers one north one south, hetty cary, jenny cary, prentiss brothers

  Dian and I are flying from LAX this Friday to Dulles International and then making the short drive to Baltimore to attend the Baltimore Book Festival. This outdoor event is held annually at Mount Vernon Place in the 600 block of North Charles Street,...

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history lover

Loved your site, really great pix!

Posted: May 13th, 2008 | More Reviews From Historianlover | Report This Comment

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